NAME

  COMMON NAME

COMMENTS

Apodemus sylvaticus

Wood mouse

Tawny owl pellet, and dead between Lakes E & F 2005. Seen by Jo Cartmell June 2006

Arvicola terrestris

Water vole

Small population, increasing? Latrines and characteristically bitten willow shoots, Jo Cartmell 7/05.

Capreolus capreolus

Roe deer

Rarely seen, footprints common. Seen 2005

Clethrionomys glareolus

Bank vole

Tawny owl pellet

Erinaceus europaeus

Hedgehog

Road casualty. 2005

Lutra lutra

Otter

Adult and cub. Emma Wiskin 2005; Karen Hughes, 2005. Fish kill characteristic of Otter found in Lake E, 2006. Footprints in mud at western end of Lake F seen and photographed by J Cartmell and B Crowley, 2006. Otters are increasingly being observed locally and breeding has occurred (2005) within 1 km of Lakes E & F.

Meles meles

Badger

Nearest setts located at SU 525975 & 525978. Other setts occur within 1 km. Seen on several occasions in 2005

Microtus agrestis

Field vole

Tawny owl pellet

Muntiacus reevesi

Muntjac deer

Occasionally seen, footprints frequent . 2005

Mus musculus

House mouse

Dead south-west corner of Lake F, 2005

Mustela erminea

Stoat

Rarely seen

Mustela nivalis

Weasel

Occasionally seen

Mustela vison

Mink

Footprints and pers. comm.

Myotis daubentoni

Daubenton's bat

Abundant over water. Bat detector

Neomys fodiens

Water shrew

Tawny owl pellet. Corpse found by Thrupp Lake, Aug 2005

Nyctalus noctula

Noctule bat

Seen commonly at tree top height. Bat detector

Oryctolagus cuniculus

Rabbit

Abundant. 2005

Pipistrellus pipistrellus

Pipistrelle bat

Abundant throughout area. Bat detector. 100+ of both species in 2005

Sciurus vulgaris

Grey squirrel

Common. 2005

Sorex araneus

Common shrew

Tawny owl pellet and dead on southern trackway 2005

Sorex minutus

Pygmy shrew

Tawny owl pellet and dead on southern trackway 2005

Talpa europaea

Mole

Common throughout the site. 2005

Vulpes vulpes

Fox

Regularly seen. 2005